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Support ayant chambre de collecte pour des échantillons de sang

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EP2723236A1
EP2723236A1 EP12740698.1A EP12740698A EP2723236A1 EP 2723236 A1 EP2723236 A1 EP 2723236A1 EP 12740698 A EP12740698 A EP 12740698A EP 2723236 A1 EP2723236 A1 EP 2723236A1
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collection chamber
test tube
holder
holder according
needle
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Mauro PEPE
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/15—Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/153—Devices specially adapted for taking samples of venous or arterial blood, e.g. with syringes
    • A61B5/154—Devices using pre-evacuated means
    • A61B5/1545—Devices using pre-evacuated means comprising means for indicating vein or arterial entry
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    • A61B5/15—Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/150007—Details
    • A61B5/150015—Source of blood
    • A61B5/15003—Source of blood for venous or arterial blood
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    • A61B5/150206—Construction or design features not otherwise provided for; manufacturing or production; packages; sterilisation of piercing element, piercing device or sampling device
    • A61B5/150259—Improved gripping, e.g. with high friction pattern or projections on the housing surface or an ergonometric shape
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    • A61B5/150473—Double-ended needles, e.g. used with pre-evacuated sampling tubes
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    • A61B5/150732—Needle holders, for instance for holding the needle by the hub, used for example with double-ended needle and pre-evacuated tube
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    • A61B5/15074—Needle sets comprising wings, e.g. butterfly type, for ease of handling
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    • A61B5/1535—Devices specially adapted for taking samples of venous or arterial blood, e.g. with syringes comprising means for indicating vein or arterial entry
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    • A61B5/150206—Construction or design features not otherwise provided for; manufacturing or production; packages; sterilisation of piercing element, piercing device or sampling device
    • A61B5/150267—Modular design or construction, i.e. subunits are assembled separately before being joined together or the device comprises interchangeable or detachable modules
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    • A61B5/150351—Caps, stoppers or lids for sealing or closing a blood collection vessel or container, e.g. a test-tube or syringe barrel
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    • A61B5/150374—Details of piercing elements or protective means for preventing accidental injuries by such piercing elements
    • A61B5/150381—Design of piercing elements
    • A61B5/150389—Hollow piercing elements, e.g. canulas, needles, for piercing the skin

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  • the present patent application generally refers to the health field and more particularly to the hematological field.
  • the invention is applicable to any field where one such device type can be advantageously used, but preferably this regards the field of blood sampling.
  • Hematochemical exams require, in nearly all cases, the execution of a venous blood sampling; this represents a required passage for obtaining the biological matrix to be analyzed.
  • Blood sampling is one of the oldest medical practices, used since antiquity.
  • venous blood obtained through the incision of a vein with a lancet
  • the collection of venous blood has been described since the days of Hippocrates (5 th century BC).
  • barber-surgeons were specialized in this practice; indeed, the white-red pole of the barber professions, still in use today in some countries, derives from this activity.
  • venous blood collection reached a considerable diffusion, using a variety of methods.
  • the most common technique is based on the so-called phlebotomy or venisection, wherein the blood was collected after the incision of one or more large external veins of the forearm or of the neck.
  • the aforesaid vacuum sampling system is constituted by test tubes of various capacity made of glass or plastic, in which a pre-calibrated vacuum has been created corresponding to the quantity of blood to be drawn; by a two-tipped needle, one tip for puncturing the vein and the other for perforating the cap of the test tubes themselves; and by a plastic holder or jacket, in which the needle is screwed on one side and the test tube to be filled is inserted on the other side.
  • the closed system characteristic typical of the vacuum which eliminates the risk of contact of the sampling technician with the blood of the patient, translates into considerable safety for the reduction of the biological risk.
  • the object of the present invention is to make a so-called "holder with collection chamber for blood samples” with specific characteristics which render it directly usable with the most common sampling devices currently present on the market, inventively improving several specific characteristics of such devices, as will be clear from the description of an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment thereof illustrated below. Description of the invention
  • the innovative concept underlying the present invention mainly consists of providing for a modified holder for blood samples that is capable of facilitating the operations connected with the blood sampling, nevertheless maintaining unchanged all the positive characteristics regarding the standardization of the operative procedure and the lower risk of biological contamination for the operator, already part of the prior art.
  • the present invention tends to achieve a holder for blood samples equipped with an inventive collection chamber interposed between the venipuncture needle and the test tube perforation needle.
  • a device is obtained capable of ensuring a ready observation of the correct execution of the blood drawing and hence an entire series of advantages with respect to current systems.
  • said inventive collection chamber interposed between the venipuncture needle and the test tube perforation needle, specifically and directly allows observing the correct flow of the blood inside the device itself.
  • such aspect is rather important, since the ready verification of such situation allows the sampling technician (even one less expert) to immediately verify the correct position of the needle in the vein as well as a possible collapse of the vessel, and hence verify the correct and rapid execution of the sampling itself.
  • the stasis and increase of the venous pressure that is often observed in a non-optimal and/or overly prolonged sampling involve the possibility of exchange between the plasma and erythrocytes, the increase of the acidity of the blood due to some acid metabolites produced by the tissue metabolism, the consequent displacement of some substances from their bond with the transport proteins and hence a particularly altered hematochemical scenario.
  • Another technical characteristic which differentiates the holder, object of the present invention is that due to the particular morphology it is perfectly adapted to the requirements connected to an efficient sampling, even by less expert operators.
  • the particular external conformation, with one face flattened, of the embodiment of the invention, or with the axis of the needle arranged in eccentric position with respect to the axis of said inventive holder allows easily obtaining the correct tilt of the needle with respect to the arm of the patient, i.e. obtain a low tilt degree of the needle, equal to about 10° with respect to the vein.
  • said inventive holder is a strictly disposable product, to be used in accordance with the use procedures in place in sanitary/health structures; it is sterile, separately packaged and constituted by polypropylene or by any other suitable thermoplastic polymer.
  • said inventive holder can be made of totally transparent and/or translucent and/or opaque material, nevertheless considering that, for the inventive specificity, the aforesaid collection chamber must be exclusively made of transparent and/or translucent material.
  • the size regarding said inventive collection chamber can be quantitative summarized as a volume comprised between 6 ml and 0.5 ml, more preferably comprised between 4.5 ml and 1 ml, and still more preferably is 3 ml.
  • the size regarding said inventive collection chamber can be quantitatively summarized as a volume comprised between 15 ml and 3 ml, more preferably comprised between 12 ml and 6 ml, and still more preferably is 10 ml.
  • FIGURE 1 is a lateral view of the holder according to the present invention
  • FIGURE 2 is a lateral perspective view of the holder according to the present invention
  • FIGURE 3 is a top plan view of the holder according to the present invention.
  • FIGURE 4 is a lateral perspective view of the holder according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
  • said inventive holder 100 centrally comprises a collection chamber 200 that is roughly cylindrical and tapered at the upper part at the insertion of a common steel puncture needle 300 equipped with a classic thread and placed in eccentric position with respect to the axis of said collection chamber 200.
  • Such inventive collection chamber 200 also results in communication on a lower part with a test tube housing seat 500, exclusively by means of a test tube perforation needle 400 made of plastic material, centrally placed (see Fig. 3) on the base 210 of said collection chamber 200.
  • a test tube housing seat 500 exclusively by means of a test tube perforation needle 400 made of plastic material
  • test tube housing seat 500 is constituted by the aforesaid base 210 and by a lateral wall 530 created on the periphery of the aforesaid base 210 and wherein the length of said lateral wall 510 is greater than that of said test tube perforation needle 400. More specifically, as results from Figures 1, 2 and 3, said collection chamber 200 has, close to the base, the test tube housing seat 500 in direct communication with said collection chamber 200 only by means of the test tube perforation needle 400; said test tube housing seat 500 is such to allow the direct insertion and then the perforation of the cap 710 of a common test tube or of a vacuum test tube 700 executed by said test tube perforation needle 400.
  • At least two finger-rest tabs 600 are present, which as can be observed in Figs. 2 and 3 are co-planar, as much as possible, with said puncture needle 300, in a manner so as to achieve overall a flat rear face of the inventive holder 100.
  • said inventive holder 100 results rather intuitive, since once the hemostatic lace is applied to the arm (only for the time necessary to identify the vein to be punctured), one easily carries out (also by means of gripping the two finger-rest tabs 600) the venipuncture with the puncture needle 300 screwed on the collection chamber 200. At this point, due to the venous pressure, the blood should start to flow into the proper collection chamber 200 up to the requested quantity.
  • the inventive holder 100 will be extracted, with the blood collected in the relative collection chamber 200 and at this point a common test tube or better yet vacuum test tube 700 will be conveniently inserted in the proper test tube housing seat 500, in a manner such that the test tube perforation needle 400 perforates the cap 710 of the test tube itself.
  • a direct communication is created between the collection chamber 200 and the vacuum test tube 700 interior and hence a constant blood quantity, due to the action of the reduced pressure present in the test tube itself, will be sucked inside the latter until the vacuum is depleted.
  • a further use mode provides that the aforesaid insertion of the series of vacuum test tubes 700 in the suitable test tube housing seat 500 occurs when the puncture needle 300 is still in the vein, facilitating, by means of the reduced pressure created by the same vacuum test tube 700, the passage of the blood itself from the vein into the said collection chamber 200 and from this into the aforesaid vacuum test tube 700.
  • the filling of the vacuum test tube 700 occurs in an easy and constant manner, the chemical cleaning and the sterility of the internal space are maintained unaltered, it is possible to fill multiple test tubes by means of a single venipuncture and finally it is easy to insert the needle in the vein since low tilt angles can be reached, due to the particular morphology of the inventive holder - in the inventor's opinion, all of the above indicate that the present invention is the best means for drawing venous blood as well as other organic fluids that is currently present on the market.
  • a further embodiment of the present invention provides that in the collection chamber 200, the common chemical additives necessary for stabilizing the sample and for carrying out the hematochemical exams can be previously inserted.
  • said collection chamber 200 is made of reversibly compressible or elastic materials in order to create a zone of reduced pressure inside the collection chamber 200. Said reduced pressure is created by compressing the same collection chamber 200 with one's finger.
  • the present invention provides for further alternative embodiments corresponding with several variants of its structure and of the shape of its components.
  • the puncture needle 300 has been described that is adapted to perforate only the caps 710 of the most common test tubes or vacuum test tubes 700, it is possible to extend the field of application of the present invention by creating (as can be inferred in Fig. 4) around the base of said test tube perforation needle 400 a further conical engagement 430 of plastic material useful for perforating the cap even of the common phleboclysis containers.

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  • Measurement Of The Respiration, Hearing Ability, Form, And Blood Characteristics Of Living Organisms (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention concerne un support ayant une chambre de collecte pour des échantillons de sang comprenant de façon centrale une chambre de collecte (200) qui est cylindrique et effilée à la partie supérieure à l'introduction d'une aiguille de perforation commune (300), dans laquelle ladite chambre de collecte (200) est en communication sur sa partie inférieure avec un siège de boîtier de tube à essai (500) au moyen d'une aiguille de perforation de tube à essai (400) placée sur la base (210), ledit siège de boîtier de tube à essai (500) permettant l'introduction et la perforation du capuchon (710) d'un tube à essai courant ou d'un tube à essai sous vide (700) aux moyens de ladite aiguille de perforation de tube à essai (400) et finalement dans laquelle, sur la partie latérale arrière de ladite chambre de collecte (200), au moins deux pattes de repos des doigts (600) sont présentes.
EP12740698.1A 2011-06-27 2012-06-26 Support ayant chambre de collecte pour des échantillons de sang Not-in-force EP2723236B1 (fr)

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IT000338A ITRM20110338A1 (it) 2011-06-27 2011-06-27 Holder con camera di raccolta per prelievi ematici.
PCT/IB2012/053225 WO2013001453A1 (fr) 2011-06-27 2012-06-26 Support ayant chambre de collecte pour des échantillons de sang

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